Goodbye gotsmart, hello darren! (User name change...)

[darren]

I've been meeting more and more people from the forum in person, and found it kinda weird to say, "Hi, i'm darren... 'gotsmart' on the fourm," so i decided to ditch the 'gotsmart' moniker and go with something more simple and "real". :)So here i am (again).And now i don't really have to sign my post like this:darren.

[danno]

Wouldn't it have been simpler to just change your legal name to "gotsmart"?

[spinner]

I've been meeting more and more people from the forum in person, and found it kinda weird to say, "Hi, i'm darren... 'gotsmart' on the fourm,"

gotsmart: Nasty, tinny-sounding nicknamedarren: Good ol' woody-sounding nickname

[smart142]

Hi Darren!! It's me smart142!!! A pleasure meeting you the other day. I've considered doing the same but then I'd probably confuse myself and others

[MikeT]

That's why I'm Mike T here, and use my full name on a couple of Peugeot forums.

[ValgardForkbeard]

Welcome aboard Darren :-)Valgard is not my legal name, but I use it often enough that I will answer to it, and I have some friends who remember it better than my real name.Maxwell G.

[RichHelms]

I am RichHelms in all forums I belong to. In my case with my media work, my name is my trademark and one I try to pushWelcome Darren

[Gent]

gotsmart: Nasty, tinny-sounding nicknamedarren: Good ol' woody-sounding nickname

cariBOO on the lAWn.

[Duck]

gotsmart: Nasty, tinny-sounding nickname

darren: Good ol' woody-sounding nickname

cariBOO on the lAWn.

Okay, I thought spinner's comment was weird, now I am just lost!

I always sign my name in my posts because yeah - in real life, people come up and they're like "Hi I'm GogoElefffantCranberry23985239893u29u" and you're like "....Okay, I have no idea who you are." It's much easier to get a "feel" for who people are on a forum if you at least know their name, and what they look like! I feel bad half the time at the meets when people come up and introduce themselves, and I'm like "....oh, you're... yeah! I think I remember seeing your posts" (when really I have no idea who they are).

Aaaaaaanyway, welcome Darren, and happy 1th Anniversary too, btw

-Iain

[spinner]

gotsmart: Nasty, tinny-sounding nicknamedarren: Good ol' woody-sounding nickname

cariBOO on the lAWn.

Nibbling the hoops?(from Monty Python's Flying Circus, Series 4)

[wee dsl]

Hi Darren,Welcome to you !I'll respond to either my given name -"Nelson" or my forum name -"wee dsl" !!Regards!

[Albertaaw]

Hi Darren,I understand what you mean which is why I used my real first name and initials of other names which is generally what I've done or in some combination thereof for any user ID. But, I do enjoy seeing all the interesting names that people have come up with for their user IDs. However, I also like to know real names for people, too, for occasions on meeting in person. Seeing the different names for the cars is also fascinating. Keep it going!Alberta